User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 2.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £338 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £413 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £525 £444
% change year-on-year -9.52% +18.31% -11.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

User Acceptance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 49 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 76.40% 84.48% 83.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 30 62
10th Percentile £182 £140 £139
25th Percentile £310 £150 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £313 £366
Median % change year-on-year +29.60% -14.54% -26.87%
75th Percentile £469 £484 £447
90th Percentile £581 £538 £513
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.66% -3.40% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 10
10th Percentile - £12.25 £14.71
25th Percentile £13.10 £12.63 £19.83
Median hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £35.72
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -46.80% +29.87%
75th Percentile £68.00 £29.31 £49.38
90th Percentile - £34.13 £52.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +69.95% -11.11% +3.73%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Acceptance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stafford - 1 £375 - 2
User Acceptance Testing
West Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Change Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP